Invasion Force Advances Toward Toulon and Cannes
Allied troops pushed a solid 50 mile front along the southern France coast near Toulon and Cannes within 10 miles of each city. American divisions with French armor seized about 500 square miles, with nine towns in Allied hands including St. Tropez and Frejus. Junctions with airborne units behind enemy lines raised prospects for swift supply into Provence. Casualties reported as exceptionally light.
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ROME
France
Alexander M. Patch
7th army
Toulon
Cannes
Napoleon
St. Tropez
Ste. Maxime
St. Raphel
Alps
Provence
dene
Chinese Troops Open New Offensive Near Hengyang
Chinese forces began a fresh operation in Hunan aiming to disrupt the Japanese drive around Hengyang and the Han Kow Canton line. The Tungting lake thrust stretches north and south of the Yangtze while a northwest push toward Ichang continues. Heavy fighting reported in Hengyang outer ring as U.S. planes pound Japanese targets.
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CHUNGKING
Hunan
Tungting lake
Yangtze river
Ichang
high command
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
U.S
Allies to Occupy Germany Says FDR
President Roosevelt returned from a Pacific war tour to Washington and declared Allied armies will occupy Germany and Japan even if resistance collapses before enemy borders. He asserted unconditional surrender remains the goal and Germany will be occupied, not escaping by armistice as in World War I. He planned to confer with military leaders and Hull and hinted at future talks with Churchill as Allied operations in France continue.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Pacific
Germany
Japan
France
Hawaii
Aleutians
Hull
congress
Harry Truman
Missouri
Churchill
Great Britain
Nonstop War Pledged on Japs on Guam Visit
Admiral Nimitz vowed nonstop war on Japan during his first Guam visit. He praised the home front and outlined powerhouse tactics by Spruance and Halsey, stating Saipan Tinian and Guam would serve as bases for future blows. He urged not waiting for reinforcements as operations continue.
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GUAM
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Spruance
Halsey
HOME FRONT
Nimitz
Raymond A. Spruance
5th fleet
William F. Halsey
Marianas
Saipan
Tinian
Holland M. Smith
fleet marine forces
Pacific
77th division
Mt Santa Rosa
Black Market Charges Made Against Former Broadway Angel
Indictment of Thomas Gorman, 43, former husband of Natalie Price Guggenheim, on 43 counts charging liquor sales above ceiling prices and profits over 1 million dollars. U S Attorney James B M McNally announced the sealed indictment turned up in federal court July 17. The charges allege 80 whisky sales totaling 60,441 cases for 2,253,054 dollars.
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NEW YORK
Thomas Gorman
Natalie Price Guggenheim
U. S
James B. M. McNally
McNally
Gorman
Finland Prohibition Suspended Except in Eastern Battle Areas
Berlin dispatch reports that Finland's prohibition, begun last month, is suspended today except in battle threatened eastern sections. A state broadcasting service cites the Soviet threat and civil unrest as factors in the decision affecting local compliance and enforcement.
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LONDON
Helsinki
Berlin
Finland
Wainwright Reports on Camp Conditions in Formosa
Gen Wainwright former Bataan commander says camp Formosa conditions are as good as can be expected. Red Cross confirms he and two officers Brig Gen Beebe and Capt Schooley were visited by an international Red Cross delegate in the last ninety days as spokesmen for prisoners.
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WASHINGTON
WPI
Jonathan Wainwright
Bataan
Red Cross
Formosa
Wainwright
Lewis C. Beebe
George T. Schooley
international committee of the Red Cross
New Gunsight Aids Fighters
British air ministry reports a gyroscopic gunsight nearly doubles fighter efficiency by correcting for deflection and speed with a throttle twist. Officials say the sight is almost uncanny in its accuracy and was announced in London last night.
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WASHINGTON
air ministry
London
Electric Trains Stall From May Fly Swarms
Harrisburg August 17. May flies swarm near electric locomotives pulling vital materiel causing collisions and short circuits. Heat 90 degrees worsens the disruption as insects cling to headlights and insulators, stalling service.
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HARRISBURG
Pennsylvania agriculture department
US casualties in France totaled in Normandy Franco-American losses
Washington report from August 17 states American losses in the Normandy sector from June 6 to August 6 reached 16 434 killed 76 535 wounded and 19 704 missing Secretary of War John J McCloy said the war cost and the resistance movement show progress but German forces remain sizeable in western France The general tenor is cautiously optimistic about the war’s trajectory.
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WASHINGTON
UPi
Normandy
France
John J. McCloy
McCloy
Germany
Man Drowned on Building Roof After Storm
In New York a man named Alex Nimmo aged 54 drowned on a building roof while clearing a roof drain. The incident followed a violent thunderstorm that caused two other deaths, disrupted subway service, and sent temperatures soaring to record highs before dropping sharply.
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NEW YORK
Alex Nimmo
Torpedo Plants Cut Workforce Across Four Plants
Washington report states four torpedo plants will cut production and lay off an estimated 6650 employees from October through year end. Owens Oceanic Office of War Information notes a gradual decrease at each site while keeping plants on standby for potential military demand.
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WASHINGTON
navy
office of war information
OWI
Russians Smash At East Prussia Front
Soviet and German dispatches report fierce clashes near Virbales three miles from the East Prussian frontier with tank and air support. Ossow near Warsaw sees a Soviet withdrawal after heavy losses in a two day counterattack. Red Star notes significant Nazi pressure and tank casualties in the Praga area across the Vistula.
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LONDON
UPI
Virbales
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Ivan Cherniakovsky
MOSCOW
Ossow
Warsaw
Red Stars
Praga
Vistula
Red army
Flying Bombs Cause Damage Across London Night Assaults
London reports indicate one of the heaviest night barrages of flying bombs in two weeks. Rescue squads remove dead from debris as waves of missiles hit the southeast coast and targets like Buckingham Palace, Dr Samuel Johnson's house, and Butchers' Hall. The king and royal family were away when a bomb landed near the palace.
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LONDON
RAF
Buckingham palace
Samuel Johnson
Butchers’ hall
Cattle Marketing Conference Set
Washington August 17 Congressmen from the western region plan a conference with Harry Reed head of the meat section at the office of price administration to speed western cattle marketing Rep White Idaho noted the market is acutely tight as demand for grass fed cattle slows Bowles fears the problem and White has asked Spokane Union stockyards president Rothrock Weeks Idaho Cattlemen’s Association executive secretary Weeks for market reports and asked other western lawmakers for local evaluations.
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WASHINGTON
Harry Reed
office of price administration
Rep. White
Idaho
northwest
prass
Chester A. Bowles
White
F. M. Rothrock
Union
Spokane
Wash
Leon L. Weeks
Idaho Cattle- 1 men's association
Nazi Transport In Bad Mess On The Falaise Front
A British staff officer said German transport is an awful mess as Allied forces push deeper along both flanks of the Normandy bulge and close the Falaise Argentan exit to under four miles.
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FALAISE
France
Normandy bulge
Falaise-Argentan
Hull Defends Peace Program In Talks On World Security
Secretary of State Hull rejected Gov Dewey’s fear that the big four might dominate the earth by force. He said no such military alliance has been contemplated and urged a full dress United Nations conference after Dumbarton Oaks talks begin, warning against domestic politics undermining peace efforts.
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WASHINGTON
Aug
Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
earth
Dumbarton Oaks
Dewey
Britain
Russia
China
United States
Many Civilians killed on Caen cathedral city
Congressman Hugh D Scott Jr reports Allied shelling of Caen killed about 7500 French civilians. He says Caen, population 60 000, was warned to evacuate but after an initial raid that killed 2569 civilians those who fled to the countryside were struck again, killing 3000 more.
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WASHINGTON
Normandy
Caen
Hugh D Scott, Jr
Philadelphia
Maple Tree Blows Down During Windy Denver Post
A strong wind felled a 40-foot maple in F. J. Blancs yard in Denver on August 17, wrecking the family car, snapping three high tension wires, blocking an alley, and damaging a neighbor’s garage. The crash also hurled the Blanes outside, injuring all five family members and trapping their scottie Blackie briefly before it freed itself.
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DENVER
F. J. Blanc
Paris Front Line City Nears in Allied Drive
Aug 17 report from SUPREME HEADQUARTERS says American spearheads reach outskirts of Paris within 35 miles after capturing Chartres and key cities Orleans Dreux and Chateaudun. Lt Gen Patton’s tanks press within 27 miles of Paris as German reports warn of approaching fire. Sequences list distances to Berlin fronts.
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NEW FORK
CBS
Paris
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
Alled Expeditionary Force
P—Swift
Aunay river
Chartres
Orleans
Dreux
Chacaudun
George S. Patton
Versailles
Seine river
Canadian and American Forces Push Through France toward Paris
Allied columns press east of the Dives river after capturing St Pierre and inland areas near the flood zone. Chartres Dreux Orleans and Chateaudun fall as German resistance weakens. Patton’s forces threaten to trap the German 7th army along the Seine with bridges west of Paris destroyed.
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7th army
Falaise
William the Conqueror
Falaise-Troain
Dives river
St. Pierre
Chartres
Dreux
Orleans
Chateaudunhe
Paris
Le Mans
Patton
Seine- Loire
Seine
Accidental Shot Leads to Slayings in Reading
Police say Clyde Portner 29 shot and killed his housekeeper Margaret McDermott 17 months Mary Portner his two sons and then killed himself after an accidental rabbit hunting incident. Portner left a note asking to be buried with his wife who died last December. Mrs McDermott formerly of Syracuse was wife of Cpl Robert McDermott stationed at Camp William C Reid Clovis New Mexico.
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READING
Paul Orth
West Wyomissing
Clyde Portner
Margaret McDermott
Mary
Terence
Robert
McDermott
Syracuse, N. Y
Cpl
Robert McDermott
Camp Wiliam C. Reid
Clovis, N. M
Sheriff and Son Shot to Death in Missouri Car
Sheriff Roy Patterson of Barton County and his son Sam 18 were found shot to death in the sheriff’s car a mile west of Lamar on highway 160. The shootings followed a call to pursue three young men who robbed a filling station at Gasper eleven miles south.
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LAMAR
UPI
Roy Patterson
Barton county
Sam
gasper
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